Carlo Andrea Galetti

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Carlo Andrea Galetti (born September 7, 1745 in San Fedele Intelvi ; † February 15, 1806 in Altdorf UR , Canton Uri ) was a Northern Italian altar builder . His brother Giovanni Battista Galetti also worked as an altar builder. His sons Carlo Giuseppe and Antonio Galetti were important plasterers . The members of the Galetti family were mainly active in Catholic Central Switzerland.

Life

Carlo Andrea Galetti was the son of Giuseppe Maria Galetti and Martha Maria Ghisi. He was married to Elisabeth Croppi. From this connection, Carlo Giuseppe and Antonio Galetti emerged, both of whom worked as plasterers. Nothing is known about Carlo Andrea Galetti's education.

Works

Carlo Andrea Galetti carried out the first verifiable work in Schwyz . For the local parish church of St. Martin he created six side altars, the pulpit and the baptismal font in the years 1773–1776. In the following years he realized further altar structures for the church of the women's monastery in Schwyz and for the parish church in Sursee . From 1785 the high altar, four side altars and the pulpit were built for the parish church of Cham ZG . Between 1794 and 1796 he worked in Altdorf, where he created the high altar and a side altar for the parish church. Both altars were destroyed in the village fire of 1799. The elderly altar builder was entrusted with several works for the reconstruction of the church from 1803. This work was completed by his sons after the death of Carlo Andrea Galetti. The Altdorf high altar is considered Galetti's masterpiece.

literature

  • J. Grünenfelder: The parish church of St. Jakob in Cham on Lake Zug . Bern: Society for Swiss Art History GSK (Swiss Art Guide GSK 870) . 2010.
  • H. Gasser: The parish church of St. Martin in Altdorf and its district . Bern: Society for Swiss Art History (Swiss Art Guide GSK 826) . 2008.
  • A. Meyer: Parish Church of St. Martin Schwyz . Basel: Society for Swiss Art History (Swiss Art Guide [148]) . 1974.
  • H.-Ch. Steiner: The parish church of St. Georg in Sursee . Bern: Society for Swiss Art History (Swiss Art Guide GSK 791) . 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Galetti, Carlo Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Italian altar builder
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1745
PLACE OF BIRTH San Fedele Intelvi
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1806
Place of death Altdorf UR , Canton of Uri